Ticket-ptjktch



6. W. PROUTY.

TICKET PUNCH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. I918- i Gear Patented Aug. 5,1919.

GEORGE W. PROUTY, or MILTON; MASSACHUSETTS.

TICKET-PUNCH.

Application filed September 14, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that GEORGE WV. a citizen of the United States of America,and a resident of Milton, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, has invented certain new and useful Improvements inTicket-Punches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket punches and has for its object'theproduction of an effective tool of this character which will be simplein construction and cheap to make.

The invention consists in a punch, the body portion of which is madeintegral with a stripper interposed between the ends there- PROUTY,

of, one, of said ends being provided with a projecting cutting memberadapted to coact with an o ening in the other end of said body portion.

The invention further consists in certain novel features of constructionand arrangement of parts which will be "readily understood by referenceto the description of the drawings and to the claims to be hereinaftergiven. v

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred formthereof is illustrated in the drawings, this form having been found togive satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understoodthat the Various instrumentalities of which the invention consists canbe variously arranged and organized, and that the invention is notlimited to the precise arrangement and organization of theinstrumentalities as herein shown and described, except as required bythe scope of the appended claims.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a ticket principles of the prespunchembodying the out invention.

Fig. 2 represents a transverse section of the same on line 2, 2, on Fig.1.

Fig. 3 represents an enlarged longitudinal section of the working end ofthe punch, and

Fig. 4 represents a transverse section of the same on line 4:, 4, onFig. 3.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figuresof the drawin s.

in the drawings 10 is the body portion of the punch made U-shaped ofspring metal with the disconnected end portions 11 and 12 thereofparallel.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- at all times every operation Patented Aug. 5, 1919. Serial No.254,376.

wlll not injure the hand when the device is of breaking the same in theconstant use to which the punch will be subjected.

The end portion 12 is provided with a hole 16 111 Wl1l0l1 is positionedthe shank 17' of the pro ecting cutting member 18 which is preferablycylindrical (but which may be of any shape) in cross section.

The outer end of the cutting member 18 is provided with a depression 19leaving a cutting edge at the periphery of said cutting member.

The end portion 11 is provided with an opening 20 alined with thecutting member 18 and having the same shape and size as the crosssection of said cutting member 18.

This end portion 11 is preferably hardened so that the wall of the hole20 will coact with the knife edge of the cutting member 18 and effectthe punching of any card board material inserted between the cutt ngmember 18 and the inner face of the end'portion 11 whenever the operatorforces the end portions 11 and 12 together by pressure upon the curvedportions 14.

he end portion 11 being hardened the end of the cutting member 18 iskept sharp of the device tending to sharpen the cutting member wheneverits end enters the hole 20.

The outer end of the hole 20 is enlarged as at 21 to facilitate thedischarge of the portions punched from the card board ticket.

Between the end portions 11 and 12 is a stripper 22 preferably formedintegral with the body portion 10 as shown in the drawlngs, thisstripper 22 being provided with an opening 23 therein of greaterdiameter than the diameter of the cutting member 18.

The end of the portion 11 is curved at 24 and the end of the stripper 22is curved .sure to the portions ting .member 18 through thecard boardinto the central plate of which is thinner downwardly as at 25 thusproducing a Wide mouth which facilitates the insertion of the card boardticket into the slit between "the stripper and the inner face of the endportion 11.

The outer end of the cutting member 18 is normally within the hole'23 sothat it Will not obstruct the insertion of the card :board ticket intothe slit 26.

When a ticket has been inserted in :the slit 26 the operator appliesgripping presla and i'oroes the cutthe device may be produced from a:Single bar by drop forging and when the hole '23 has been drilledtherein the bar may be bent into the shape shown in the drawings and theholes 16 and 20 drilled in alinement.

T he cuttin member 18 ma then be driven into position through the hole20 and the device is ready for use. This makes a very cheap constructionof punch Which very effective in use and which will not readily becomeinoperative.

It is believed that the operation andmany advantages of the inventionwill be readily understood Without "further description.

Having thus described my invei'ition, I claim:

1. A ticket punch consisting of aiU shaped vcurved body portion havingiormed integral therewith on its ends, -.three parallel plates, than theouter plates and said plates having alined openings therethrough, and acutting member rigidly secured in one outer plate with its cutting endnormally positioned within the opening in the central plate and adaptedto enter the opening in the other outer plate when said outerplatesare-torced toward eachother.

2. A ticket punch conslsting of a Ueshaped copies of this patent may beobtained forsfive cents curved body portion having formed integraltherewith on one end a rigid bed plate and a stripper plateand on theother end a parallel cutter-supporting plate, all of said plates havingalined openings therethrough, and a cutting member rigidly secured inthe opening in the cutter-supportingplate with its cutting =end normallypositioned in the opening in the stripper plate and adapted to coactwith the openingziinthebed plate.

3. .A tic' ket pimchihaving a :U-shapedbody portionwith-;=parallel;ends, one of which has a thickness considerably greaterthan the :t-hickness of :the other andais provided with a longitudinali-slit with parallel-wallsitomned therein extending ;IE-EOHl-Slde toside thereof and alined openings in the upper and lower ,portions 10S'aid thicker end perpendicular to said-Slit, the opening inithe outerportion being of less rcliameter than the opening in therother portion;anda cutting member rigidly secured in the thinner end in alinement withsaid openings {and with its outer end normally positioned in .the largeropening.

a. .A ticketypunch having a U-shaped body portion with parallel ends,oneot which is longer and has a thickness considerably greater {than the\thicknesspt ithejother and is provided with a longitudinal slit withparallel Walls vformed therein extending from side to "side thereof :andalined openings in the ,upper and lower ,portions of said thicker rendperpendicular to said slit, theiopening-inttherouter portion beingofless diameter than the opening in the'other portion which is ,proyidedwith adownturned .lip in front er the "thinner end; and acutitinganeinber irigidly secured .in the thinner end in alinement with saidwopenings and with its outer end normally positioned in the largeropening.

Signed ,by-me ,at a :Post OfliceSquare, Boston :Massachusetts, this 13thday of Scptemher, 1918. p p

' GEORGE W. PRO-UTY.

Witnesses:

WALTER LQMBARD, NATHAN CfLoMBARu.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

